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Shevchenko (Шевченко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Szewczenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 986 towns and villages of 21 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

The index covers only the source material processed so far. An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there; a shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 28 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 50 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 59 placesDonetsk oblast: 59 placesZhytomyr oblast: 20 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 48 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 157 placesKyiv oblast: 157 placesKirovohrad oblast: 92 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 27 placesOdesa oblast: 12 placesPoltava oblast: 53 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 81 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 105 placesKherson oblast: 31 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 10 placesCherkasy oblast: 103 placesChernihiv oblast: 47 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–10
  • 12–31
  • 47–53
  • 59–157

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

157 places with the surname Шевченко

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 15716%
Kharkiv oblast 10511%
Cherkasy oblast 10310%
Kirovohrad oblast 929%
Sumy oblast 818%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 596%
Donetsk oblast 596%
Poltava oblast 535%
Luhansk oblast 505%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 485%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 475%
Kherson oblast 313%
Vinnytsia oblast 283%
Mykolaiv oblast 273%
Zhytomyr oblast 202%
Odesa oblast 121%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 101%
Zakarpattia oblast 11%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Rivne oblast 11%
Ternopil oblast 11%

Each oblast name opens its coverage page: parishes, books and what has been digitized.

Years of the sources

These books concern 1917–1960. Families in the 19th century were recorded in parish registers. Those are what we read, with a frame number beside every name.

Memory books 1917–1960

  • “Rehabilitated by History” («Реабілітовані історією»)1917–1960
  • National Book of Memory of Holodomor Victims1932–1933

Places with a ready parish description

32 of 986 places · 24 shown

Parish, books and what has been digitized: open a place.

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 15724 of 157

and 133 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 1058 of 105

and 97 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 1038 of 103

and 95 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 927 of 92

and 85 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 816 of 81

and 75 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 594 of 59

and 55 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 594 of 59

and 55 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 534 of 53

and 49 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 504 of 50

and 46 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 483 of 48

and 45 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 473 of 47

and 44 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kherson oblast 313 of 31

and 28 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 283 of 28

and 25 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 273 of 27

and 24 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 203 of 20

and 17 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Odesa oblast 123 of 12

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 103 of 10

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

31 entries in 12 regiments

  • Білоцерківський
  • Брацлавський
  • Корсунський
  • Кальницький
  • Переяславський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Київський
  • Миргородський
  • Уманський
  • Ніжинський

The same surname in 1649 does not by itself mean this was your ancestor.

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Тарасъ Шевченкоsotnia БоровицкаяЧигиринський regimentp. 8
Андрушко Шевченкоsotnia КорчовскаяКорсунський regimentp. 92
Протасъ ШевченкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108
Педоръ Шевченкоsotnia БанковскаяУманський regimentp. 134
Семенъ ШевченкоБрацлавський regimentp. 156

5 of 31 entries shown. Names and sotnias as spelled in the 1875 edition of the register (Moscow, edited by O. M. Bodianskyi); "p." is the page of that edition.

Similar surnames in the index

Similar in spelling. That does not make the families related.

What these books can and cannot tell you

They can

  • Show the towns and villages where the surname was recorded in 1917–1960.
  • Suggest which oblast to start the search in.

They cannot

  • This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.
  • An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there.
  • A shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Source: state memory books, «Реабілітовані історією» and the National Book of Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor. We publish surnames only: no first names, dates or fates.

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